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Have you ever stopped to think about the sheer beauty of this goal?
I mean what. a. fucking. BOSS.
Look at this smooth mother fucker. He ain't even phased by this guy's last ditch random back-leg stretch defensive tactic. He's just all "lol nope" and as calm as batman brushes the ball to the side like he had already foreseen it happen in a dream the night before (too bad the other defender was not privy to such information as he subsequently plowed into his teammate like some sorta failed kinky lover's greeting) and just lets it fly into the near post. Poetry. Seriously. He doesn't even look up to see where his target is, he just KNOWS.
Lionel Fuckin' Messi: a goddamn magician.
wall2four
He had few moments. This was one of them. Still expected more
TheGoodUsernamesWereAllTaken
Beauty? I think the goal looks a bit messi
omnipotentmonkey
Not really special by his standards. the dude has feet like lightning. http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/320241/messi-v-s-getafe-o.gif
MyPenisIsBiggerThanHis
Thee MESSIah of Argentina
rjmtl
I don't know. If they go up against Holland, they are fucked.
NewZea1and
I don't think it's a good goal at all, it takes a deflection off the last defender and just hits the right side of the post. Would've missed
NewZea1and
If the defender didn't touch it. Technically an own goal...
dave36
its a good goal but not a great one. To get into that position to score took amazing skill though. Deflection off the defender was key.
RedRaptor
Except a half inch in the wrong direction and the ball would've bounced off the post in a different direction away from the goal.
omnipotentmonkey
yeah, and a foot in the other direction and it would have missed entirely... neither of those eventualities happened. do you have a point?
RedRaptor
That despite whatever skill he may have it also had a hint of luck. Unless he intended to hit that post to begin with, which is unlikely.
omnipotentmonkey
well yeah, every single goal in history has an element of luck, still doesn't take away from it,
RedRaptor
I don't intend to take away from his ball handling or how well he just blazes through defenders but this isn't as magical a goal as op says.
omnipotentmonkey
it isn't all THAT special, i admitted the same in another comment,